I came across these books after reading Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I was looking for other books that might talk about the family of Christ or of secret societies like the Masonic Lodge or the Knights Templar.
The stories follow Sir Adam Sinclair, an aristocrat in the UK. The adventures include fighting evil that is raising the dead, seeing monsters in lakes, making magic, seeing the past and future, a starving artist, a love interest, a eccentric old man, and of course defeating the evil in the end.
From Rhemuth Castle, Ms Kurtz' own site:
There are many things in the first three novels that held interest for me. First of all is the dramatic views described. I've never been to any of the areas discussed, but they sure sound beautiful. I'd love to go on a jaunt around Great Britain and see the sights.
Some of the happenings though were just too unbelievable, but thats what makes it fiction, right?
Hi, I notice you are discussing mysteries associated with the Church I thought I would mention a book I just read.
ReplyDeleteWe have been led to believe by our ancestors that when Jesus was resurrected he went up to a throne in heaven. However I just read a fascinating book by the New Testament scholar Stephan Huller that in earliest Christianity that the original gospel writer (St. Mark) might have had a physical throne ON THIS EARTH in mind - one which originally sat in Alexandria and which he rediscovered in Venice - see the photos of the object in the Basilica di San Marco which Italian sailors stole from the Church of St. Mark in Alexandria along with the body of St. Mark in 828 AD - see photos of the throne here - http://www.therealmessiahbook.blogspot.com.
The point of Huller's book is that St. Mark was the first Pope and that Jesus ruled 'on his right hand' as he sat on this throne (it is a universally acknowledged - albeit ignored - fact that the title 'Papa' or Pope was originally associated with St. Mark rather than St. Peter and with Alexandria rather than Rome; the bishop of Rome only acquired the title after the fifth century).
I was really fascinated by this book. It wasn't anything like what I had been taught in Sunday school. It really made me think and learn about the language that Jesus and the original gospel writer (St. Mark) spoke.
For instance in Hebrew or Aramaic (the language of Jesus) there would be no way to distinguish the concepts of 'divine throne' or 'heavenly throne' - i.e. it would be easy for white Europeans to get misled or confused (like the Gospels of Matthew and Luke speaking about 'the kingdom of heaven' and 'God' even though the Aramaic would be one and the same).
It is an amazing book and here is some background information on the author http://www.stephanhuller.blogspot.com/
Just thought I would pass this along
Peace
Jacob